Video 10

Video 9-The War Turns

Hello fabulous students.  Video 9 is up and ready for you to view.  In this video, we will cover things like the Battle of Saratoga, and why it was so important, the infamous/famous winter at Valley Forge, Foreign assistance, and the Battle of Monmouth.

Also, in class (at least the Red Day classes so far) have read an article called Top 5 Foreign Continental Army Officers (Other Than Lafayette).  Which one do you think was the one who contributed the most?  My money would be on Baron von Steuben, but you can come up with your own opinion after reading about them.

Top 5 Foreign Continental Army Officers (Other Than Lafayette)

Next week, I hope we can start a new project using iMovie Trailer, and actually FINISH it!  The whole Twitter project, though potentially amazing, ended up not working out due to Twitter's weird phone number requirement.

Tweeting the Revolutionary War!

It is time for our newest project that we will be doing in class!  What would Continental Army soldiers tweet about during the Revolutionary War?  I bet if they had cell phones and social media, they would really let their thoughts be known.  When we read some primary sources in class, you'll see just how miserable they were at times.  How will you tweet as soldiers?  Check out below.

1st. Create an account on Twitter.  We will be using the netbooks for this.  I will also guide you through each step.

2nd. Choose a name for your soldier. from the Valley Forge Muster Roll.

3rd.  Fill out the biography for your soldier.  Include the Regiment, the name of the army, where you are from, and something else about yourself (your soldier).

4th. Find an appropriate picture for your account.

5th.  Follow my soldier account :@LindowRegiment

6th. Begin tweeting.  Your first tweet should be something about joining the army, and your hopes of the army being victorious.  Also, talk about why you are fighting in the first place.

7th. Comment on some of my tweets, and each other's tweets.  Keep the language/speech period, and don't use any modern slang.

8th.  Talk about the British leaving Boston, the Battles of New York, Trenton, the Hessians, Princeton, American Crisis, etc.  What would one of these brave men have been thinking during these victories and defeats?

9th.  Remember that you are putting someone's real name on this account that fought, bled, and possibly died for your freedom.  Do them proud, and give everyone an accurate representation of what happened.

Finally Back to Normal (and Video 8)!

Well, the essay is finally finished!  I like to think of that thing as King George III.  It hung around forever and getting on our nerves, but we finally finished it and declared our independence from that tyrant of an assignment!  Since that is out of the way, we can get back to normal regular class, which I am very thankful for.  Over the next few weeks we will be learning about the war that actually allowed us to keep our independence....The Revolutionary War (American War of Independence, or whatever name you want to call it).  You didn't think Britain was just going to let us have independence just because we wrote them a break up letter did you?  We had to FIGHT for that independence, and fight on for seven more years!

There are some things I want you to do along with this week's homework video (which is Number 8 by the way).  Watch the short video clip about the Hessian soldiers below.  We are going to learn a lot about these guys over the next couple of days and find out just how important they were.

Also, along with this video, we will be reading this article in class.  If you happen to lose your paper version, here is the electronic version.

8 Fast Facts About Hessians

Last but not least, your video is up.  On the Brink of Defeat (Video 8).  There are not any "I can" statements for this video, so just use that section to take your regular notes.  Also, listen carefully for the vocab words.  If you need help, or have questions, please let me know!